# Mail Send Error

"Jomo" (jomo@inow.com)
Thu, 16 May 1996 19:06:10 PDT

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    > On Thu, 16 May 1996, Steve Tucker wrote:
    >=20
    > > GET: 503 Need MAIL before RCPT
    > > Cannot send mail: 503 Need MAIL before RCPT
    > >=20
    > >   The email message does actually get sent and received however.
    > > I don't know enough about Sendmail to really know what the problem is=
    .
    . .
    > >=20
    > > Any ideas as to what's going on here?
    >=20
    > It just a Linux Sndmail quirk, I don't know if there is a way to fix it
    or
    > not but I just try to ignore it :)

    I get the same "Need MAIL before RCPT" message on our MOO running on Irix
    5.3 so it's not just a Linux thing.
    --
    Jomo {John Moir}
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